ODU (10-10, 7-9 C-USA) vs. WKU (7-15, 6-10 C-USA)
Tuesday, March 9 at 5 p.m. ET
Location – Ford Center at The Star (Frisco, Texas)
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DALLAS, Texas – The Old Dominion women's basketball team is set to take on WKU in the preliminary round of the Conference USA Championship on Tuesday, March 9 at 5 p.m. ET.
The game will stream on ESPN+ and air on the ODU Sports Radio Network with Doug Ripley and Susan Montgomery on the call. Pregame coverage of the action will begin at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN Radio 94.1.
Notables
- ODU will be facing WKU for the third-straight game following back-to-back contests in Norfolk, where ODU won both games to close out the regular season. The Monarchs won by a combined four points over the Lady Toppers last week.
- Three Monarchs are averaging double-figure scoring: Victoria Morris (15.8), Amari Young (13.7) and Ajah Wayne (13.5).
Morris and Young were just named to the All- C-USA Second Team. Young also picked up All-Defensive Team honors.
- Young recorded her eighth double-double of the season on March 5 in the Monarchs' win over WKU. The junior is coming off C-USA Player of the Week honors.
- Following ODU's game on March 5, Morris jumped up to the 23rd spot on the ODU all-time scoring list, passing Ticha Penicheiro with 1,318 points. She is now 64 points away from catching Lucienne Berthieu (1,382) in the 22nd spot.
- ODU has won 22 Conference Championships: 17 CAA (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992); 5 Sun Belt (1990, 1987, 1985, 1984, 1983)
- ODU is the No. 6 seed and WKU is the No. 7 seed.
ODU at the C-USA Tournament
2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 (#2 seed)
2019: 1-1, lost in quarterfinals (#5 seed)
2018: 0-1, lost in first round (#12 seed)
2017: 1-1, lost in quarterfinals (#6 seed)
2016: 3-1, lost in championship (#5 seed)
2015: 2-1, lost in semifinals (#5 seed)
2014: 1-1, lost in quarterfinals (#7 seed)
Series History vs. the Lady Toppers
All-Time: WKU leads 17-11
Last Meeting: W, 57-55 (3/5/21) at ODU
First Meeting: W, 78-67 (3/11/83) at ODU
Streak: W3
In Norfolk: ODU leads, 10-5
In Bowling Green: WKU leads, 9-1
Neutral Sites: WKU leads, 3-0
Last Meeting in C-USA Tournament: 2019, C-USA Quarterfinals. ODU falls, 74-60
In the C-USA Tournament: WKU leads, 2-0
About the Lady Toppers
Raneem Elgedawy leads the Lady Toppers in scoring (20.9 ppg) and was named to the All-Conference USA First Team. In their games against ODU, Eldegawy led in scoring both nights. Junior Meral Abdelgawad has compiled the second-most steals in the league (60), averaging 2.7 steals per game. Abdelgawad was named to the C-USA All-Defensive Team.
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